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senator patrick leahy says congress needs to investigate. >>> it was back to school in moore, oklahoma. back in may that city was devastated by an f-5 tornado. seven children were killed in two elementary schools where they were sheltering. on friday, parents brought them to the first day at a temporary school. >>> good baseball news, history at the little league world series, 13-year-old grant holman of california becoming the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the series since the 85-pitch limit went into effect in 2007. holman is 6'4", he weighs 166 pounds. he struck out 13 guys. his team beat the michigan team 3-0. when i grow up, i would like to be grant holman. 6'4", he is. >>> time now for weather. 6'4" at that age. >> is that fair to let him play? i don't know. >> it's baseball, nobody said fair. >> congratulations to them. >>> we do want to start with the excessive heat warning in phoenix for this weekend. parts of arizona not only hot during the day, but during the night. that's why we have it. much more pleasant by the coast, los angeles, 82, san francisco, 69. that heat
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democratic senator pat leahy says he plans to hold more judiciary hearings to investigate. >> the nsa has become a menace, and the constitutional rights of americans are under a broad assault here, the fourth amendment right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure, the first amendment right for freedom of speech. these are under attack. >> 2,776 instances of privacy violations occurred in one year from 2011 to 2012 under this added ministration. the audit also found nsa personnel were told to water down reports to the justice department and congress. the chairman of the house and senate intel committees continued to defend the surveillance program, quote, the majority of these compliance incidents are, therefore, unintentional and do not involve any inappropriate surveillance of americans. republican lawmakers who proposed legislation to defund the nsa surveillance program last month believe their legislation would have passed if these new revelations had come to light then. >> thanks, jennifer. good to see you. >>> well, there is a search and rescue operation that's now under
democratic senator pat leahy says he plans to hold more judiciary hearings to investigate. >> the nsa has become a menace, and the constitutional rights of americans are under a broad assault here, the fourth amendment right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure, the first amendment right for freedom of speech. these are under attack. >> 2,776 instances of privacy violations occurred in one year from 2011 to 2012 under this added ministration. the audit also found nsa...
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democratic senator pat leahy says he plans to hold more judiciary hearings to investigate. >> the nsa has become a men -- menace. the constitutional rights of americans are under a broad assault here, the fourth amendment right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure. the first amendment right for freedom of speech. these are under attack. >> the chairman of the house and senate intel committees continued to defend the surveillance program. quote, the majority of these compliance incidents are therefore unintentional and do not involve any inappropriate surveillance of americans. republican lawmakers their legislation would have passed if these new revelations had come to light then. greg? >> jennifer griffin live in washington, jennifer thanks. >>> we have new information on the deadly ups plane crash in alabama. the ntsb recovering data from the cock pill voice recorder >> from the cockpit voice recorder and seconds before impact. meanwhile the ntsb just gave another update showing so far investigators have found no technical issues with the plane. the ups cargo plane crashe
democratic senator pat leahy says he plans to hold more judiciary hearings to investigate. >> the nsa has become a men -- menace. the constitutional rights of americans are under a broad assault here, the fourth amendment right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure. the first amendment right for freedom of speech. these are under attack. >> the chairman of the house and senate intel committees continued to defend the surveillance program. quote, the majority of these...
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the democratic senator bob ley said he plans -- pat leahy plans to have hearings to investigate. >> the nsa has become a menace. the constitutional rights of americans are under a broad assault here. fourth amendment right to be free of search and says sure and freedom of speech are under attack. >> 2,27 incident of privacy violation occurred in one year from 2011 to 2012 under the administration. the audit found nsa personnel were told to water down report to the justice department and congress. the chairman of the house and intel committee continued to defend the program. "the majority of the compliance incidents are therefore unintentional and do not involve any inappropriate surveillance of americans." but leading critics of the nsa program, senators udall and weiden say the latest revelations are the tip of the iceberg. republican lawmakers who propose legislation to defund program last month believe their legislation would have passed if the new revelations had come to light then. doug? >> doug: jennifer griffin. thank you. the nsa violates your privacy and claim that mistakes hap
the democratic senator bob ley said he plans -- pat leahy plans to have hearings to investigate. >> the nsa has become a menace. the constitutional rights of americans are under a broad assault here. fourth amendment right to be free of search and says sure and freedom of speech are under attack. >> 2,27 incident of privacy violation occurred in one year from 2011 to 2012 under the administration. the audit found nsa personnel were told to water down report to the justice department...
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senator patrick leahy's office. he says that the u.s. has decided to act as if a military coup has, indeed, taken place, and it is quietly suspending aid. asked about that today, a white house official said this, and i am quoting: >> r eporter: that question undoubtedly will come up again today at a press briefing. we'll eagerly await the answer. gregg: doug mckelway, thanks. martha: egypt, of course, is one of the biggest recipients of aid from uncle sam, in fact, egypt the fifth largest recipient this year. most of the there are 1.6 billion to egypt in 2013 came in the form of military aid. between world war ii and now, the u.s. provided egypt with more than $71 billion in total aid. of that aid to egypt over the years, more than half -- about 42 billion -- was directly in military aid to the country. america's military assistance paying for roughly a third of egypt's overall annual defense budget with. since 2010, the u.s. provided egypt with over $6 billion in just the last three years. gregg: so what should the white house do about
senator patrick leahy's office. he says that the u.s. has decided to act as if a military coup has, indeed, taken place, and it is quietly suspending aid. asked about that today, a white house official said this, and i am quoting: >> r eporter: that question undoubtedly will come up again today at a press briefing. we'll eagerly await the answer. gregg: doug mckelway, thanks. martha: egypt, of course, is one of the biggest recipients of aid from uncle sam, in fact, egypt the fifth largest...
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you have some in congress rage ranging from pat leahy to rand paul, withdraw aid immediately. that is only leverage we have in the region and if we draw it we risk destablizing it further. the larger question for the administration how can we maximize leverage we do have in the region whether through aid or not. to me that is a bigger question. martha: absolutely is. that is underlying issue. we'll talk about quite a bit over the course of this show today and further on. before i let you go, bob, i just want to ask you a quick question about this nsa issue because i know it will come up tonight on "the five." what do you think about the new revelations more than 2,000 mick taste being called right now, collecting wrong data, some of it domestic? >> a continuing chapter in my view an down constitutional situation with the nsa they ought to get out of our way and out of our telephone records. if that person pose as threat to the united states. i don't pose a threat. i don't think you pose a threat. so stay away from our phones. martha: all right, bob, we'll look forward to a lit
you have some in congress rage ranging from pat leahy to rand paul, withdraw aid immediately. that is only leverage we have in the region and if we draw it we risk destablizing it further. the larger question for the administration how can we maximize leverage we do have in the region whether through aid or not. to me that is a bigger question. martha: absolutely is. that is underlying issue. we'll talk about quite a bit over the course of this show today and further on. before i let you go,...
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. >> the new policy drawing praise today from republican senator rand paul and patrick leahy, democrat dick durbin and mike lee have been working about it all. i want to talk about it all. charles blow joins us as well crystal wright and mark geragos joining me. crystal, you support stop and frisk, saying the judge was being politically correct, it's not a police problem, you called it a "black problem." explain what you mean by that. >> sure. the evidence is clear. stop and frisk works, it saves lives. i lived in new york city, anderson, in the 1990s. it was a war zone, we know you had over 2,000 people killed each other. and fast forward to mayor bloomberg after giuliani, we know that there's been about 400 murders last year in new york city. under bloomberg, we've had a 34% drop in crime. so it works, and what's sad about the judge's ruling is, she's chosen the politically correct route. in our country and cities like new york, chicago and detroit, right here in d.c., white people aren't being killed or killing, it's blacks and hispanics, in new york city. i'll leave you with this n
. >> the new policy drawing praise today from republican senator rand paul and patrick leahy, democrat dick durbin and mike lee have been working about it all. i want to talk about it all. charles blow joins us as well crystal wright and mark geragos joining me. crystal, you support stop and frisk, saying the judge was being politically correct, it's not a police problem, you called it a "black problem." explain what you mean by that. >> sure. the evidence is clear. stop...
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now senator patrick leahy said maybe it stopped or was involved in one, but when you look at the details of how it was used, it's not stopped nearly the number some intelligence officials have been claiming. >> yeah, they have been -- there are many of them who have been very careful to say under this program and other programs we have stopped 54 terrorist attacks. there are some members of congress who have not been very careful and i think have bordered on giving false testimony to the american people, and we should take a close look at that, but yeah, they -- i think those who are careful and cautious about what they say realize that it's not this particular collection of phone records, mass collection of phone records that is doing the work here. >> i spoke to glenn greenwald on this program last night. he pointed out people within the government, high level officials leak classified information all the time if it suits their political interest or, you know, whatever interest they may have, and nothing seems to happen to them and yet, people with no status, no political connections l
now senator patrick leahy said maybe it stopped or was involved in one, but when you look at the details of how it was used, it's not stopped nearly the number some intelligence officials have been claiming. >> yeah, they have been -- there are many of them who have been very careful to say under this program and other programs we have stopped 54 terrorist attacks. there are some members of congress who have not been very careful and i think have bordered on giving false testimony to the...
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approach has bipartisan support in congress where a number of senators including dick durbin, patrick leahy and rand paul which i think is promising legislation aimed at giving federal judges discretion to applying minimums to drug offenders. it will save our country billions of dollars while keeping us more safe. the president and i look forward to working with members of both parties to refine and advance these proposals. secondly, the department has now updated its framework for considering compassionate release for inmates facing extraordinary circumstances who pose no threat to the public. in late april, the bureau of prison expanded the criteria for inmates seeking compassionate release for medical reasons. today, additional expansions to the policy including revised for elderly inmates who did not commit violent crimes and served significant portions of their sentences. of course, as our primary responsibility, we must ensure the american public is protected from anyone who may pose a danger to the community. considering the applications of non-violent offenders through a careful rev
approach has bipartisan support in congress where a number of senators including dick durbin, patrick leahy and rand paul which i think is promising legislation aimed at giving federal judges discretion to applying minimums to drug offenders. it will save our country billions of dollars while keeping us more safe. the president and i look forward to working with members of both parties to refine and advance these proposals. secondly, the department has now updated its framework for considering...
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you've got the chairman of the judiciary committee, patrick leahy, saying he wants to hold another hearing because he's frustrated that he's not getting what he calls straightforward answers. we should point out this isn't listening in. this is really those big sweeps of data that sometimes wrap up americans' phone numbers when the nsa says it's going after a foreign intelligence target. >> chris, you say, you argue that this most recent leak may be the most politically significant moment of this debate over surveillance. why? >> well, a couple reasons. one is one that kelly just mentioned which is members of congress were not fully aware of this. when members of congress are not made fully aware of things that they have gone out and defended as many did when the initial snowden leak broke, you're going to see some unhappy members of congress. you've already seen nancy pelosi say these new revelations are extremely disturbing. secondly, i think because, peter, this is about things that have happened, that these are mistakes that have been made as opposed to sort of a broad overview of what
you've got the chairman of the judiciary committee, patrick leahy, saying he wants to hold another hearing because he's frustrated that he's not getting what he calls straightforward answers. we should point out this isn't listening in. this is really those big sweeps of data that sometimes wrap up americans' phone numbers when the nsa says it's going after a foreign intelligence target. >> chris, you say, you argue that this most recent leak may be the most politically significant moment...
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an example of not doing that is what we're hearing today from senator leahy. the white house told him, administration, we're cutting aid. what does that mean? let's talk about things. second point, in terms of political development in the region. i point to a trend that i find very worrisome. we saw in bahrain in march 2011, in the square in istanbul and now in egypt. what is it? hostage politics. where a political tendency or political party like the muslim brothers and, takes tens of thousands, or hurns of thousands of its followers, occupy as strategic artery of the city. block commerce, block transportation, block social interaction, and say to the government, either negotiate with us or remove us by force. i think you talk to any responsible public official in the united states or anywhere else, they would tell you, no negotiation with hostage-takers. happy to engage in a dialogue about political future but not at the point of a gun. >> well, you know, i think we should be loyal to our friends. otherwise, the word will go out -- they'll stop being our fri
an example of not doing that is what we're hearing today from senator leahy. the white house told him, administration, we're cutting aid. what does that mean? let's talk about things. second point, in terms of political development in the region. i point to a trend that i find very worrisome. we saw in bahrain in march 2011, in the square in istanbul and now in egypt. what is it? hostage politics. where a political tendency or political party like the muslim brothers and, takes tens of...
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we were actually successful and now with the help of senator leahy in congress and they created a fund in the military who also has its own slush fund for compensation. in afghanistan, there is a system set up for families to go and see this from the government for the killing of their loved ones there is no acknowledgment by the u.s. government and certainly not any kind of apology. it is the least to say that there should be a system set up with the families were innocent people can speak about their times. >> so those efforts allow iraq to change the way that the survivors and the community of the survivors do the government and i just want to congratulate you on those efforts. it really doesn't make a significant difference. >> i don't think it makes a huge difference in the way the military behaves. because if they know that they're going to have that knowledge and apologize and compensate, they are much more careful. i think it's one of the ways that we have to work towards an it is forcing our the government to make those kinds of emotions. >> effect of these attacks, i just wan
we were actually successful and now with the help of senator leahy in congress and they created a fund in the military who also has its own slush fund for compensation. in afghanistan, there is a system set up for families to go and see this from the government for the killing of their loved ones there is no acknowledgment by the u.s. government and certainly not any kind of apology. it is the least to say that there should be a system set up with the families were innocent people can speak...
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there are thousands of privacy breaches stunned many members of congress, including senator patrick leahy of vermont. >> i want to know if -- whether it's n.s.a. or anybody else that's made a mistake, we ought to know that. if they're tapping into people's telephones where they have no right to, we ought to know that. >> reporter: almost 20 billions are already pending in congress to limit the surveillance program, to protect american calls and e-mails, and to ins the n.s.a. reports to
there are thousands of privacy breaches stunned many members of congress, including senator patrick leahy of vermont. >> i want to know if -- whether it's n.s.a. or anybody else that's made a mistake, we ought to know that. if they're tapping into people's telephones where they have no right to, we ought to know that. >> reporter: almost 20 billions are already pending in congress to limit the surveillance program, to protect american calls and e-mails, and to ins the n.s.a. reports...
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there are thousands of privacy breaches stunned many members of congress, including senator patrick leahy of vermont. >> i want to know if -- whether it's n.s.a. or anybody else that's made a mistake, we ought to know that. if they're tapping into people's telephones where they have no right to, we ought to know that. >> reporter: almost 20 billions are already pending in congress to limit the surveillance program, to protect american calls and e-mails, and to ins the n.s.a. reports to congress. scott, these new ra *ef hraeugss are likely to increase bipartisan support for top-to-bottom surveillance reform. >> pelley: and late today the white house said that the audit itself was evidence that the government is being careful. wyatt, thank you very much. that u.p.s. cargo jet that crashed while attempting to land in birmingham, alabama, this week was descending too quickly. the national transportation safety board told us this evening that one of the plane's computers began warning the crew about its descent a little more than seven second before the crash. both pilots were killed. kids in
there are thousands of privacy breaches stunned many members of congress, including senator patrick leahy of vermont. >> i want to know if -- whether it's n.s.a. or anybody else that's made a mistake, we ought to know that. if they're tapping into people's telephones where they have no right to, we ought to know that. >> reporter: almost 20 billions are already pending in congress to limit the surveillance program, to protect american calls and e-mails, and to ins the n.s.a. reports...
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democrat patrick leahy is the chairman of the senate judiciary committee. >> so what's going to be next? when is enough enough? i think congress has to carefully consider the powerful surveillance tools that we grant to the government. >> reporter: to ease some of the fears, the obama administration today declassified three top- secret documents detailing the n.s.a.'s mass collection of u.s. phone records. a surveillance program first revealed by edward snowden. this is the april, 2013, order from the foreign intelligence surveillance court directing a phone company to turn over domestic call data. and these letters from the justice department to congressional intelligence committees claim the n.s.a. follows strict rules safeguarding civil liberties. while heavily redacted, the letters say n.s.a. programs collect in bulk certain dialing, routing, addressing and signaling information but not the content of the calls. the letters also say the data collection efforts are subject to an extensive regime of internal checks and are monitored by the fisa court and congress. top intelligence off
democrat patrick leahy is the chairman of the senate judiciary committee. >> so what's going to be next? when is enough enough? i think congress has to carefully consider the powerful surveillance tools that we grant to the government. >> reporter: to ease some of the fears, the obama administration today declassified three top- secret documents detailing the n.s.a.'s mass collection of u.s. phone records. a surveillance program first revealed by edward snowden. this is the april,...
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vermont senator patrick leahy questions how effective the information is in stopping terror attacks. >> this program is not effective. it has to end. so far i'm not convinced by what i see. >> the nsa insists the programs are critical to national security, and now the agency is going public with more details about them. wednesday the intelligence agency declassified three documents detailing the rules for collecting and analyzing the programs. nsa director general keith alexander defended the program at the nsa conference lvs. it was a rough crowd. >> why to congress? why have you lied to congress? >> i haven't lied to congress. >> alexander says the surveillance has helped foil terrorist activity around the world. now, the guardian newspaper which first published information through nsa contractor edward snowden is now publishing information about another program and it's called x key score and this apparently gives nsa access to virtually all internet browsing activity worldwide. anne-marie? >> susan mcginnis in washington. thank you, susan. >>> well, ariel castro, the cleveland ma
vermont senator patrick leahy questions how effective the information is in stopping terror attacks. >> this program is not effective. it has to end. so far i'm not convinced by what i see. >> the nsa insists the programs are critical to national security, and now the agency is going public with more details about them. wednesday the intelligence agency declassified three documents detailing the rules for collecting and analyzing the programs. nsa director general keith alexander...
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on mandatory minimums this is something i've worked hard on with senator patrick leahy. and the e-mails should be protected. >> and why can't republicans in the senate work more often in terms of creating that kind of result? >> it's kind of interesting. some people think compromise is meeting halfways in the middle. whereas, i think you can passionately believe in something and do bipartisanship. for example, jill gillibrand working with her on the military, i believe as strongly as she does there's a lot of sexual assaults that go unreported. and that justice isn't being served through primarily women in the military. >> one of the big debates in this country, in part because of edward snowden, and his now get ago asylum in russia. and the nsa surveillance. >> when you get information on someone's records, you should get a warrant can means the fourth amendment says you have to be individualized to the person and place and what you want. so i think it's really wrong that we write one order from a secret court and we get everybody's phone numbers. i think that's a real
on mandatory minimums this is something i've worked hard on with senator patrick leahy. and the e-mails should be protected. >> and why can't republicans in the senate work more often in terms of creating that kind of result? >> it's kind of interesting. some people think compromise is meeting halfways in the middle. whereas, i think you can passionately believe in something and do bipartisanship. for example, jill gillibrand working with her on the military, i believe as strongly...
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it may include chairman leahy. mr. jennifer, of the aclu, will testify and speculate later that if i had 40 contacts, that would mean that for my name, you would accumulate 2 million phone records. 2 million. for one inquiry. multiply that by 300. we're talking about 600 million phone records. multiply that times seven years. what has been described as a discrete program, to go after people who would cause us harm, when you look at the reach of this program, it envelops a substantial number of americans. can somebody help me with the math here question mark have i missed something along the way can someone help me with the math here? have i missed something along the way? >> i would be happy to follow up in any detail that you'd like. first and foremost, analysts are charged with providing information that is useful. in that regard, they try to be judicious about choosing when to do a second or third hop. those are always exercised. they do not always exercise a second half for all numbers provided by the first top. th
it may include chairman leahy. mr. jennifer, of the aclu, will testify and speculate later that if i had 40 contacts, that would mean that for my name, you would accumulate 2 million phone records. 2 million. for one inquiry. multiply that by 300. we're talking about 600 million phone records. multiply that times seven years. what has been described as a discrete program, to go after people who would cause us harm, when you look at the reach of this program, it envelops a substantial number of...
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patrick leahy, chair of the judiciary committee, has questioned the utility of these programs and they're having lawmakers over at the white house today, some of whom have called into question some of these programs. didn't mr. snowden in some sense into the american people and people around the world a favor and disclosing these programs given the outrage expressed about them? >> when you take an oath to protect the secrets of the united states, you are bound to protect them and there are consequences if you don't and there are procedures in place for whistleblowers that are available to those who would blow the whistle, if you will. the unauthorized leaking of andsified information has can do enormous damage turn national security interests those are just the facts. out -- if helaim did not come out and described them, we would never know. he would still be in the united states. >> obviously, there has been a revealed because of the release of unauthorized classified information but the fact of the matter is that these are programs that have been reviewed and overseen by and reports tha
patrick leahy, chair of the judiciary committee, has questioned the utility of these programs and they're having lawmakers over at the white house today, some of whom have called into question some of these programs. didn't mr. snowden in some sense into the american people and people around the world a favor and disclosing these programs given the outrage expressed about them? >> when you take an oath to protect the secrets of the united states, you are bound to protect them and there...
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others senator leahy and for their support. i hope others will join that effort. we are grateful for the
others senator leahy and for their support. i hope others will join that effort. we are grateful for the
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i'm proud to say that i am introducing my bill with the support of chairman blakey -- leahy. senator feinstein and i might have some overlap in our purchase. i will be happy to work with her. i like to focus my questions on transparency. after mr. snowden's
i'm proud to say that i am introducing my bill with the support of chairman blakey -- leahy. senator feinstein and i might have some overlap in our purchase. i will be happy to work with her. i like to focus my questions on transparency. after mr. snowden's
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it may include chairman leahy. mr. jennifer, of the aclu, will testify and speculate later that if i had 40 contacts, that would mean that for my name, you would accumulate 2 million phone records. 2 million. for one inquiry. multiply that by 300. we're talking about 600 million
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leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order and pursuant to the provisions of s. con res. 22, the senate stands adjourned 22, the senate stands adjourned >> and just about an hour from now attorney general eric holder expected to announce that nonviolent drug offenders with no ties to gangs or large drug operations will no longer face severe mandatory sentences. that part of a series of prison reforms he's expected to unveil during remarks to the american bar association. >> on whether goth public affairs offices are a help for the government. the panel will include journalists and media communications firms. >> booktv in prime time continues this week. tonight after "the communicators" we'll bring you authors from book fairs and festivals. at 8:30 p.m. eastern, we begin with oscar goodman at freedom fest. he talks about "being oscar: from mob lawyer to mayor of las vegas." after that we'll go to this year's chicago tribune printers row literary festival on "the cooked seed." then
leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order and pursuant to the provisions of s. con res. 22, the senate stands adjourned 22, the senate stands adjourned >> and just about an hour from now attorney general eric holder expected to announce that nonviolent drug offenders with no ties to gangs or large drug operations will no longer face severe mandatory sentences. that part of a series of prison reforms he's expected to unveil during remarks to the american...
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senator leahy when congress returns in september going hold a -- where is congress on this? how far have they got ton the issue? is there any legislative solution to the thash is in the works? >> there have been a lot of hearings in the wake of the revelation over the nsa surveillance program after edward snowden released document to the "washington post" and the "the guardian" about the programs we have seen the judiciary including both hearing. we have seen a bunch of legislation. you had senates widen, you -- udall, introduce a set of three bills the week before congress broke for recess that would reform how the fisa court which oversees some of the nsa surveillance program operates. and then leahy himself is introduced a bill that would narrow the data collection program which operates under section 215 of the patriot act. basically what the bill would do is make sure when the intelligence community is trying to seek phone records for an investigation they have to prove they're only going after a terrorist group or a foreign target. the closest they come to see congress
senator leahy when congress returns in september going hold a -- where is congress on this? how far have they got ton the issue? is there any legislative solution to the thash is in the works? >> there have been a lot of hearings in the wake of the revelation over the nsa surveillance program after edward snowden released document to the "washington post" and the "the guardian" about the programs we have seen the judiciary including both hearing. we have seen a bunch...
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what happened is there were several people in congress, most prominent among them, senator patrick leahy, the chairman of the state and foreign operations appropriations committee in the senate but also marco rubio, john mccain and some others who came up with various ideas on how to increase restrictions. those ideas have been debated for a very long time and none of those have been tasked yet but we can expect they will be in the round of appropriations bills pitting of course the aid restrictions and the administration can always claim they must give the aid based on the national security concerns. so there is always a limit to what the congress can force the administration to do. and in the end of the administration really wants to give the e egyptian military the aid and they will find a way to do it. >> i want to read you a quote of the washington journal this morning and get you to elaborate if you can. there is a possibility of civil war from one senior u.s. official on intelligence and there's a dangerous possibility that egypt goes the way of syria. >> there are some similariti
what happened is there were several people in congress, most prominent among them, senator patrick leahy, the chairman of the state and foreign operations appropriations committee in the senate but also marco rubio, john mccain and some others who came up with various ideas on how to increase restrictions. those ideas have been debated for a very long time and none of those have been tasked yet but we can expect they will be in the round of appropriations bills pitting of course the aid...
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oughtk leahy a firm accused the obama administration officials of overstating the excess -- access. this is him questioning john inglis. >> how many cases of section 215 bulk phone records collection reticle to preventing a terrorist plot? >> i might answer in open session then offer to provide details and classified session. the administration has disclosed there were 54 plots that were disrupted over the life of these to do programs. >> section 215 was critical in preventing -- >> of those plots, 13 had a homeland nexus, others had essentially plots that it come to fruition coming europe, asia, other places -- plots were were americans? crux of the 13 that had a homeland nexus, 12 of those, 215 made a contribution. the question you asked is more pres precise. but for 250 does plots would've been disrupted. that is a difficult question to answer. it is not necessarily how these programs were -- actually, it is not how these programs work. you have a range of tools that may tip you to these plots, others may give you an insight into the nature of the plots. enforcementde law power,
oughtk leahy a firm accused the obama administration officials of overstating the excess -- access. this is him questioning john inglis. >> how many cases of section 215 bulk phone records collection reticle to preventing a terrorist plot? >> i might answer in open session then offer to provide details and classified session. the administration has disclosed there were 54 plots that were disrupted over the life of these to do programs. >> section 215 was critical in preventing...
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senator patrick leahy dismayed that no heads have rolled at the nsa. >> if a 29-year-old school dropout can come in and take out massive, massive amounts of data, it's obvious that there weren't adequate controls. has anybody been fired? >> no, sir, not yet. >> has anybody been admonished? >> sir, those investigations are under way. >> reporter: many senators who believe the programs are necessary for national security say more is needed to ensure they're conducted legally. >> i don't want the public to take our word for it. i think there's a balance here. >> reporter: the pushback goes beyond congress. at a conference in las vegas, a heckler shouted at the nsa director general alzander. >> if you disagree with what we're doing, then you should help twice as much. >> read the constitution. >> i have. you should, too. >> reporter: kelly o'donnell, nbc news, the capitol. >>> a new round of evacuations in central washington as a massive wildfire continues to grow. that blaze has burned more than 104 square miles and is only 8% contained. authorities have declared a state of emergency and t
senator patrick leahy dismayed that no heads have rolled at the nsa. >> if a 29-year-old school dropout can come in and take out massive, massive amounts of data, it's obvious that there weren't adequate controls. has anybody been fired? >> no, sir, not yet. >> has anybody been admonished? >> sir, those investigations are under way. >> reporter: many senators who believe the programs are necessary for national security say more is needed to ensure they're conducted...
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the nsa plan for additional checks and balances expected to be initiated by vermont senator patrick leahy some time later this fall. richard? >> thank you so much. >>> the first settlement is reached in the penn state jerry sandusky child molestation scandal. the school signed an agreement with a 25-year-old suburban philadelphia man known as victim five. the attorneys expect to finalize settlements in 25 of the 31 cases in the coming weeks. penn state authorized some $60 million for the settlements. a jury convicted san dus key last year of 45 counts of sex abuse. he is serving a 30 to 60-year sentence behind bars. he is appealing that. >>> a city in japan has some cleaning up to do after a volcano roared to life on sunday. the volcano shot a plume of ash 16,000 feet into the air and on to a nearby city. no one was injured but people did resort to face masks and umbrellas to combat the falling ash. nbc meteorologist bill karins joins us right now. you don't want to be in that situation. tough to breathe as well. >> i would like to -- i've never seen a volcano explode. i'd love to see one
the nsa plan for additional checks and balances expected to be initiated by vermont senator patrick leahy some time later this fall. richard? >> thank you so much. >>> the first settlement is reached in the penn state jerry sandusky child molestation scandal. the school signed an agreement with a 25-year-old suburban philadelphia man known as victim five. the attorneys expect to finalize settlements in 25 of the 31 cases in the coming weeks. penn state authorized some $60 million...
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you know, they had a discussion with senator leahy and the committee and they talked about 50 plots and then it got down to 15 and 4 and 1. >> how many had been explicitly stopped. >> i'm not against tapping phones of people you suspect to be terrorists. all i'm for is calling a judge first. i'm not for looking at all american's records, but if an american is involved, call a judge. it's not that hard to get a twarnt. we fought a revolution over separating the powers, not letting police get warrants, you have to call a judge. >> what the united states did in response is close the embassies and there's been this unprecedented spate of drone attacks that happened in the last week, ten days. a lot of people have been killed and only a couple of terrorists. and you can read into that what you will what that might do to the united states. you've said before me you are against drone strikes unless there's an imminent threat against americans. if we intercepted communications that there was a possible plot. is that an imminent threat? does it justify the drone attacks? >> it's not technology i
you know, they had a discussion with senator leahy and the committee and they talked about 50 plots and then it got down to 15 and 4 and 1. >> how many had been explicitly stopped. >> i'm not against tapping phones of people you suspect to be terrorists. all i'm for is calling a judge first. i'm not for looking at all american's records, but if an american is involved, call a judge. it's not that hard to get a twarnt. we fought a revolution over separating the powers, not letting...